Chef Who Named Restaurant WTF Didn't Know Expletive Meaning

WTF may be a common abbreviation for an expletive phrase, but now it's also the name of a restaurant. Oddly enough, the chef and restaurant owner is using WTF as a different acronym.

According to theWashington City Paper, chef Jeff Buben recently opened Woodward Table and a takeout area called Woodward Takeout Food, or WTF, as the giant window sign states. Apparently the chef had no idea about the other meaning until it was too late. Buben stated, "My wife told me afterwards."

Yet the mishap has actually been beneficial. "It's unbelievable how many people stop to take a picture with the logo," he explained. While it's tough to believe that Buben had no clue about the meaning and that others involved in the restaurant didn't tell him until it was too late, Buben seems to be having fun with the name. The website even states: "WTF stands for Woodward Takeout Food. What were you thinking?" It's possible that the name was a marketing ploy from the get-go, and a good one at that.

Some restaurants are not as lucky with their name choices, according to WeirdlyOdd. Once example is the badly translated My Dung Vietnamese Restaurant in Rosemead, California. Soon Fatt Chinese Take Away in Ireland also had a meaning mishap, as did the hilarious Pu Pu Hot Pot in Cambridge.